Navigating Difficult Conversations About the Middle East

Have you found that the unfolding Middle East crisis has left you wondering how to approach family, friends, and colleagues who are directly or indirectly impacted?

Navigating Difficult Conversations is a workshop that can help you practice skills for engaging with sensitive and challenging topics.

Our goal is to help you develop skills to bring empathy,  understanding, and curiosity to conversations about the Middle East that you wish to have with others.

Consider spending two hours sharing stories and learning tips for honest and authentic exchanges, whether at home or in the workplace. Learn alternative ways to invite meaningful dialogue that doesn't lead to conflict.

Join a diverse group of participants that will be guided by these expert Interfaith Philadelphia facilitators:

What you'll learn

• Practice deep listening and staying present through difficult conversations.
• Discover how your own opinions, triggers, and blind spots, can influence your ability to enter into conversation with integrity and objectivity.
• Leave with practices, and wisdom that can be applied to a wide range of dialogue-based encounters.

Facilitators:

Asheq Fazlullah, Director, Leadership Institute

Sara Zebovitz, Associate Director